Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled The licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England, published on 3 September 2023.

The Department published its response to the consultation entitled The licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England on 7 August 2025. The response is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/licensing-of-non-surgical-cosmetic-procedures/outcome/the-licensing-of-non-surgical-cosmetic-procedures-in-england-consultation-response

As set out in the response, the Government is committed to protecting public safety by introducing legal restrictions to ensure that cosmetic procedures that are deemed to pose the highest level of risk to the public are classed as Care Quality Commission regulated activities, which can only be performed by specified regulated healthcare professionals. The Government is also committed to developing and implementing local authority licensing for lower risk procedures, using powers granted through the Health and Care Act 2022, and to introducing age restrictions for those undergoing non-surgical cosmetic procedures.

The development of policy in this area will continue to be subject to stakeholder engagement, public consultation, impact assessments, and parliamentary procedures. There are no plans to specifically assess the potential impact of non-regulated and non-medical practitioners performing aesthetic procedures on the health and safety of people in the St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire constituency.